Catch for spindles.



No. 724,747. 'PATENTED APR, 7, 1903.

M. SEVENEY. CATGHI'OR SPINDLES. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1902. 10MODEL. I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARK SEVENEY, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS. v

CATCH FOR SPINDLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 724,747, dated April 7,1903. Application filed September 30, 1902. Serial No. 125,371. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARK SEvENEY, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol, in the State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCatches for Spindles, of which the following is'a specification.

Myinvention relates to catches for spindles used on spinning-machines.

At the present time catches are used to prevent thespindles used onspinning-machines from coming out of the heads; but the form of catch ingeneral use, which serves both as a cap for the oil-tube and a catch forthe spindle, is liable to breakage, which frequently necessitates theuse of an entirely new head, and when raised is liable to stick, so thatwhen the bobbin is taken off the, spindle is liable to come off also.

The object of the present invention is to obviate the foregoingdifliculties incident to the old construction and to provide a novelform of catch for holding the spindle down.

in the form of a pivot-pin for the cap for the oil-tube and make it insuch form that it will be self-locking ordinarily and normally adaptedto hold the spindle down, but capable of easy manipulation, so thatitmay be taken out, so that the spindle can be removed and a new onesubstituted therefor.

The invention is disclosed in the following drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view showing the catch when locked; Fig. 2, a similarView illustrating how the lockiug'portion of the catch can be swungupwardly and the catch pulled out to permit removal of the spindle; andFig. 3 is a perspective view from the opposite side, showing the capthrown back and the catch in position for locking the spindle.

What is known as the head is shown at l, in which the spindle 2, havingwhirl 3, is journaled in a manner well known to those skilled in theart, while at is the oil-tube for lubricating the bearing of the spindlewithin the head. The cap for closing the mouth of the oil-tube is shownat 5 and is pivoted on my combined pivot-pin and catch, which consistsof a straight portion 7, extending through perforations near the upperside of cars 8 on the oil-tube between which the lug on the cap 5 isreceived. The pin also has a bent portion 9, having a hook 10, adaptedto engage with the shoulder 11 on one of the ears 8. When thus engaged,the end of the catch extends over the top of the whirl and acts as astop to prevent displacement of the spindle from the head, while the capcan be readily opened and closed, as desired, without disturbing thecatch. When it is desired to reby Letters Patent of the United States,is-

1. The combination with a spindle, its head and oil-tube, of a catch forthe spindle con? sisting of a pin projecting from the said oiltube andmovable longitudinally to disengage it from the spindle, and providedwith a hooked portion to engagewith said tube and lock the pin until itis partially rotated.

2. The combination with a spindle, its head and oil-tube, of aperforated ear on said tube, and a catch for said spindle consisting ofa pin passing through the perforation and having a hooked portion toengage with said ear.

3. The combination with a spindle, its head and oil-tube, of perforatedears in said tube, a pin passing through said ears and adapted to engagewith the spindle, a cap pivoted on said pin, and means for locking saidpin.

4. The combination with a spindle, its head and oil-tube, of aperforated ear on said tube provided with a shoulder, and a pin passingthrough said ear and having a hook'to engage with said shoulder.

5. The combination with aspindle, its head and oil-tube, of an ear onsaid tube having a and oil-tube, of ears on said tube having per- Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my forations near their upper side,a projection hand this 26th day of September, 1902.

' on one of said ears, a pin passing through M ARK SEVENEY theperforations and having a hook to engage with said projection whenturned down, and a cap for the oil-tube pivoted on the pin between saidears.

